Cap with havelock



y '1958 R. w. PERSICO- ETAL 2,844,822

CAP WITH HAVELOCK Filed Aprilfi, 1956 INVENTORS k WPez'szZco the' headcovering.

needed to unfold, arrange and attach such predecessor.

United States Patent CAP wrrn HAVELOCK (Granted under Title 35, U. S.Code (1952), sec. 266) The invention described herein, if patented, maybe manufactured and used by'or for the Government for governmentalpurposes, without the payment to us of any royality thereon.

' The invention relates to havelocks for head coverings such as hats,caps or the like. Havelocks depend from the head covering to protect thehead, neck and shoulders of the wearer from the weather, such as the sunand rain and/ or from thermal radiations from nuclear explosions, asprotection against vesicant gases or the like.

Such devices are well known, particularly in tropical countries andgenerally comprise a separate curtain of up-.

rightsemi-cylindrical shape which is detachably secured to the loweredge of the rear and sides of the cap so as to depend therefrom andenclose the rear and sides of the wearers head, neck and shoulders butbeing open at the front so as to not impede his vision. When not needed,

such predecessor devices are detached front the cap, folded and storedeither in a pocket or in the crown of Obviously, considerable time isdevice to the head covering when needed. Also, such an easily lostwhereby it is not available when needed. With the foregoing in view, itis an object of the invention to provide an improved havelock and/or animproved combination of head covering and havelock.

A further object is to provide an improved havelock which is permanentlyattached to a headfcovering andso constructed and arranged that itprovides a pocket for storing itself when it is not needed.

Other objects and advantages reside in the particular structure anddesign of the havelock, the structure and design of'the several elementsof the same, combinations and sub-combinations of such elements withthemselves in the folded or stored position;

Figure 2 is a perspective view taken from below and showing the havelockin the extended or operative position;

Figure 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary, vertical sectional view takensubstantially on the plane of the line 3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a sectional view like Figure 3 but taken substantially onthe plane of the line 4-4 of Figure l, and

Figure 5 is a small scale, diagrammatic perspective view like Figure 2but showing an alternative way of wearing the device.

Referring specifically to the drawing wherein like referinvention may beapplied.

arrangement is unsatisfactory in that the havelock is 2,844,822 PatentedJuly 29, 1958 ence characters designate like parts in all views, 10designates generally any suitable head covering to which the In theembodiment illustrated, the head covering 10 comprises a cap whichincludes a crown portion which may comprise a crown piece 11, a sidewall portion which may comprise the cylindrical wall 12 depending fromthe crown and a visor 13. Also, the side wall 12 in this species hasbeen elasticized by two elastic inserts 14 toenable the cap to fit aplurality of head sizes. As so far described, the structure isconventional and forms no part of the invention apart from anycombination or sub-combination hereinafter claimed.

The havelock according to the invention comprises an uprightsubstantially semi-cylindrical curtain, generally designated by 15, andwhich may beconstructed of any suitable flexible material. The curtain15 has an upper edge 16 and a lower edge 17. Preferably, when crown andwall portions 11 and 12 are separate elements, the upper edge 16 iscaught in the seam or row of stitching 18 by which the side wall 12 isconnected to the crown piece 11. Thus, the curtain 15 depends from theupper edge of the side wall 12 and includes an upper panel 20 whichoverlies the same to provide a pocket 19 therebetween which is open atthe front and bottom and which extends around the sides and rear of suchside wall. The upper panel 20 has a pair of laterally spaced front edges21 which define the front edges of the pocket 19. Preferably theelasticizing inserts 14, if present, are substantially entirelyconcealed by the upper panel 20.

The lower edge of the upper panel 20 is defined by. a

substantially horizontal crease 22 which is preferably located slightlybelow and parallel to the lower edge 23 of the side wall 12 of the headcovering. Preferably, also, the crease 22 is permanentized by beingsewed together in face-to-face relation by a line'of stitching 24.vBelow the upper panel 20 a series of vertically spaced'h'orizontalcreases 25 define any suitable number of panels as 26, 27 and 28.Preferably each crease '25 is madea permanent crease by being sewedtogether by a line of stitches 30. The creases 22 and 25 provide foldlines for folding the havelock. H

The curtain-providing depending panels 26, 27 and 28 each have twolaterally spaced front edges as 31, 31 for the panel 26; 32, 32 for thepanel 27; and 33, 33 for the lowermost panel 28. In the form ofinvention illustrated, the front edges of the curtain portion of thehavelock are formed to provide points 34 which may be readily detachablyconnected together by an suitable separable fastener such as the button35. The points 34 are best formed in the front edges 32 of the secondlowest panel 27 so that the front edges 33 of the lowermost or bottompanel 28 are rearwardly and downwardly beveled This permits the heightof the curtain to be varied by folding the bottom panel 28 on its crease25 upwardly/rand inwardly to underlie the superjacent panel 27, assuggested. in'broken lines in Figure 2. The panel 28will remain, in thisposition because it is slightly more than a semi-cylinderand'becausethe'crease 25' faces radially inwardly so as to resistunfolding. .Tha't'i's' to say, the groove portion of the crease is onthe inner surface of the havelock While the rib portion thereof is onthe outer surface of the same. Thus, the groove portion of the creasefaces the axis of the havelock or faces radially inwardly thereof.

It should be noted in this connection that all of the creases 25 and thecrease 22 face radially inwardly so that the havelock is roll-foldedupwardly from the bottom to the folded or stored position of Figures 1and 4. It should be noted also, that such roll-folding is facilitated bymaking the panels 20, 26, 27 and 28 successively narrower. Thus, thehavelock is stored in the pocket 19 from the unfolded position ofFigures 2 and 3 by first folding the lowermost panel 28 inwardly andupwardly to the broken line position of Figure 2, then the panels 27 and28 are folded inwardly and upwardly to underlie panel 26. Finally, thepanels 26, 27, 28 are folded inwardly and upwardly on the crease 22 intothe pocket 19 where the panels form a concentric stack. The points 34 ofthe front edges 33 of the panel 27 overlap in front of the side wall 12and when connected by the separable fastener 35 serve to secure thestack of panels in the pocket 19.

To unfold the stacked panels, it is only necessary to undo the fastener35 and unroll the stack. Thereafter, the fastener 35 can be resecured tolimit displacement of the havelock by winds or blasts. When it isunnecessary or undesirable to secure the points 34 together in front ofthe wearer as shown in Figure 2, the connected points and associatedside portions of the panels 26, 27 and 28 may be folded rearwardly untothe rear portions as suggested in Figure 5 so that the entire curtainportion of the havelock is disposed rearwardly of the shoulders of thewearer. This last is a cooler arrangement and would generally be usedwhen protection from the sun only is wanted. The lower panel 28 may befolded or unfolded as desired but is preferably folded when this lastarrangement is used.

It is apparent from the foregoing that the invention provides not only anovel and improved havelock but by draping it from an upper portion ofthe head covering a novel pocket for storing the folded havelock isprovided. This arrangement not only prevents loss of the device butprovides a havelock which can be quickly moved from the stored or foldedposition to the unfolded operative position without even removing thehead covering from the head. This speed of operation is of the essencewhen the device is desired as a shield from thermal radiations or gases.

Moreover, while there has been shown and described what is now thoughtto be a preferred embodiment of the invention, it should be understoodthat the same is susceptible of other forms and expressions.Consequently, the invention is not to be considered as being limited tothe precise structure shown and described hereinabove except ashereinafter claimed.

We claim:

1. In a cap having a substantially cylindrical side wall portion and acrown portion; the improvement comprising a havelock for said cap, saidhavelock having an upper edge secured to side and rear portions of saidside wall portion in the region of said crown portion, said havelockbeing formed with a plurality of parallel horizontal creases providingfold lines, said creases defining a series of horizontal panels, therebeing a top panel overlying side and rear portions of said side wallportion and a plurality of depending panels, each depending panel havinga height not greater than the height of said top panel, said dependingpanels when folded on said creases to a folded position providing aconcentric series of panels between said top panel and at least the rearand sides of said side wall portion of said cap, and means for readilyreleasably securing all of said panels in said folded position.

2. In a cap having a substantially cylindrical side wall portion and acrown portion; the improvement comprising a havelock for said cap, saidhavelock comprising a substantially semi-cylindrical curtain having anupper edge secured to side and rear portions of said side wall portionin the region of said crown portion, said curtain being formed with aplurality of vertically spaced parallel creases defining a plurality ofdepending panels, each crease being made permanent by a line ofstitching connecting adjacent panels together in face-to-face relationclose to each crease, there being a top panel overlying side and rearportions of said side wall portion and a plurality of depending panels,each depending panel having a height not greater than the height of saidtop panel, said depending panels when folded on said creases to a foldedposition providing a concentric series of panels between said top paneland at least the rear and sides of said side wall portion of said cap,and means for readily releasably securing all of said panels in saidfolded position.

3. In a head covering having side and crown portions; the improvementcomprising a havelock having an upper edge, means securing said upperedge to said head covering between said crown and side portions, saidhavelock comprising an upper panel coextensive in height with said sideportion of said head covering but having laterally spaced front edges soas to provide a pocket open at the bottom and also open at the front onopposite sides of said head covering, a series of parallelcurtainproviding panels secured to said upper panel and normallydepending therefrom below said side portion of said head covering, saidseries of panels being foldable upon themselves and said upper panelinto said pocket to a retracted position, and means for readilyreleasably retaining said entire series of panels in said retractedposition.

4. In a head covering having side and crown positions; the improvementcomprising a havelock having an upper edge, a seam connecting said upperedge of said havelock and said side portion and said crown portion together, said havelock overlying said side portion and extending belowthe same, a vertical series of inwardly facing permanent horizontalcreases formed in said havelock and dividing the same into a pluralityof horizontal panels, and said creases being spaced progressively closertogether from said upper edge downwardly whereby each panel is narrowerthan the one next above it.

5. A havelock according to claim 4, and a horizontal line of stitchingconnecting each crease together.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS628,842 Pachner July 11, 1899 822,986 Rochet June 12, 1906 857,258Rosenbaum June 18, 1907 1,379,142 Wallace May 24, 1921 2,152,678 BiaeschApr. 4, 1939 FOREIGN PATENTS 2,079 Great Britain Feb. 3, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No,2,844,822 July 29 1958 Ralph W. Persico et :11.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specificationof the above numbered patent requiring correction and that the saidLetters Patent should read as corrected below.

Column 4, line 37, for "positions" read portions Y--'-.

Signed and sealed this 11thv day of November 1958,

SEAL ittestz KARL H AXLINE Attesting Ofiicer ROBERT C. WATSONCommissioner of Patents

